[lwip-devel] ReactOS is now using lwIP for TCP

From:

Cameron Gutman

Subject:

[lwip-devel] ReactOS is now using lwIP for TCP

Date:

Sun, 7 Aug 2011 15:49:05 -0400

As of today, ReactOS is using lwIP as its TCP library. There were a few
bugs we encountered when implementing lwIP. I reported a bug related to the
TF_FIN flag which caused data loss during some of our unit tests. Even so, it is
much more stable than our OSKit-based TCP library. It has also performed much
better than I expected. We performed several stress tests involving
simultaneously hosting an HTTP server, telnet server, and chargen server, while
browsing the web in Opera 9.6. The library performed exceptionally even when all
of the servers were under load by multiple users. The library had no problem
managing many connections during our BitTorrent test. It managed 2.3 MB/s down
on the torrent test which is very similar to what I would get on a traditional
Windows installation on my Internet connection (not to mention networking
overhead from the virtual machine ReactOS was running in). You all have done
great work and I hope to see it continue.